Fishing rod handle

ABSTRACT

A fishing rod handle to which is attached a reel with a foot has a base with a forward lip to receive the front of the reel foot. The rear of the base contains a longitudinal threaded aperture through which a threaded forward projection of a hand grip is turned to extend over and secure the rear of the reel foot. A tubular shield attached to the base extends rearwardly over the front of the hand grip to cover any clearance between the front of the hand grip and the rear of the base.

llnited States Barnes atent [191 Aug.6,1974

[ FISHING ROD HANDLE [75] Inventor: Richard 1). Barnes, Costa Mesa,

Calif.

[73] Assignee: The Conolon Corporation, Santa Ana, Calif.

[22] Filed: Mar. 20, 1973 [21] Appl. No.: 343,161

[52] 1U.S. C1. 43/23 [51] Int. Cl A011: 87/00 [58] Field of Search43/22, 23

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,994,449 3/1935 Burdick43/22 2,057,535 10/1936 McKechnie, Jr 43/22 2,424,430 7/1947 Beyer 43/222,593,747 4/1952 Godfrey 4. 43/23 X FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS744,912 10/1966 Canada 43/22 Primary Examiner-James H. Czerwonky [5 7]ABSTRACT A fishing rod handle to which is attached a reel with a foothas a base with a forward lip to receive the front of the reel foot. Therear of the base contains a longitudinal threaded aperture through whicha threaded forward projection of a hand grip is turned to extend overand secure the rear of the reel foot. A tubular shield attached to thebase extends rearwardly over the front of the hand grip to cover anyclearance between the front of the hand grip and the rear of the base.

7 Claims, 4 Drawing Figures FISHING ROD HANDLE BACKGROUND OF THEINVENTION The foot of a reel is conventionally fixed in the base of afishing rod handle by means of a forward lip which receives the front ofthe reel foot and a sliding member which requires a complex drive tourge it forward to extend over and secure the back of the foot of thereel. This conventional type of fishing rod handle is costly to make andis more complicated to use. The fishing rod handle of this invention isinexpensive rugged, and easy to use.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING FIG. I. is a side view of a fishing rodhandle according to a first embodiment of this invention with a centralportion broken away in longitudinal, vertical section and with a reelshown in phantom lines attached thereto;

FIG. 2 is a transverse section taken in line 22 of FIG. 11;

FIG. 3 is a side view of a fishing rod handle according to a secondembodiment of this invention with a central portion broken away inlongitudinal, vertical section and with a reel shown in phantom linesattached thereto; and

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a hand grip shield according to a secondembodiment of this invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, afishing rod handle has a tapered front end 11 in which a rod 12 isfixed. Handle 10 has a base 13 with sides 14 and a front lip 15 underwhich the front 16 of foot 17 of reel 18 extends. Base 13 is extended toform a trigger rest 19. The rear of base 113 forms a vertical wall 20having at least a cylindrical rear portion 24 containing a threadedaperture 21. A boss 22 may extend rearwardly about aperture 21.

Hand grip 25 has an inner body 26 about which there is force fitted grip27 of cork or the like. Hand grip 25 terminates in a plastic butt cap28. The front of inner body 26 is formed into a threaded member 29 whichterminates in a rounded or conical front end 30. Member 29 is turned byrotating grip 25 to screw member 29 through aperture 21 and force theconical front end 30 over the rear 31 of reel foot 17 to lock the reel18 in place. A tubular shield 32 extends about a forward projecting boss33 of grip 27 to cover any clearance 34 between the end of boss 33 andwall 20. Boss 33 extends over boss 22.

A preferred embodiment of this invention is shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. Afishing rod handle 10 has a tapered front end 11' in which a rod 12 isfixed. Handle 10 has a base 113 with sides 14 and a front lip 15' underwhich the front 16 of foot 17 of reel 18 extends. Base 13 is extended toform a trigger rest 19. The rear of base 13' forms a vertical wall 20having at least a cylindrical rear portion 24 containing a threadedaperture 21'. An annular groove 40 is formed about rear wall 20.

Hand grip 25' has an inner body 26' about which there is force fittedgrip 27 of cork or the like. Hand grip 25' terminates in a plastic buttcap 28. The front of inner body 26' is formed into a threaded member 29which terminates in a conical front end 30'. Member 29' is turned byrotating grip 25' to screw member 29 through aperture 21 and force theconical front end 30' over the rear 31 of reel foot 17 to lock reel 18in place. A tubular shield 32 has an inturned front edge 41 which snapsinto annular groove 40. An annular crimp 42 may be rolled on theinstalled shield 32' to lock it in place.

The fishing rod handle 10 or 10' of this invention is less costly tomanufacture, provides a sure attachment for a reel 18, is easy to use,and is more rugged in its construction.

I claim:

1. A fishing rod handle to which a reel with a foot having front andback ends is fixed, said fishing rod handle comprising, in combination,a front end securable to a rod, a base extending rearwardly from saidfront end, a lip at the front of said base under which the front end ofa foot of a reel is securable, a vertical wall at the rear of said baseterminating in a rearwardly disposed cylindrical portion, said verticalwall containing a centrally threaded aperture, an inner body having athreaded front end, a hand grip disposed about said inner body with thefront end of said hand grip having a cylindrical configurationsubstantially the same as said cylindrical portion of said verticalwall, and a tubular shield longitudinally slidably mounted on thecylindrical front of said hand grip to shroud any clearance between thefront of said hand grip and said rear wall, whereby rotation of saidhand grip turns said threaded front end through said threaded apertureto extend over and secure the rear end of said reel foot.

2. The combination according to claim 1 wherein said threaded front endof said inner body terminates in a conical portion which engages saidrear end of said reel foot.

3. The combination according to claim ll wherein said cylindricalportion of said vertical wall contains an annular groove and with theaddition of a tubular shield having an inturned front edge seated withinsaid annular groove securing said shield to said vertical wall with saidhand grip extending within said shield.

4. The combination according to claim I wherein said rearwardlyextending base has sides extending upwardly therefrom to receivetherebetween a reel foot resting on said base.

5. A combination according to claim 4 wherein said threaded front end ofsaid inner body terminates in a conical portion which engages said rearend of said reel foot.

6. The combination according to claim 4 wherein said threaded front endof said inner body terminates in a conical portion which engages saidrear end of said reel foot.

7. The combination according to claim 4 wherein said cylindrical portionof said vertical wall contains an annular groove and with the additionof a tubular shield having an inturned front edge seated within saidannular groove securing said shield to said vertical wall with said handgrip extending within said shield.

1. A fishing rod handle to which a reel with a foot having front andback ends is fixed, said fishing rod handle comprising, in combination,a front end securable to a rod, a base extending rearwardly from saidfront end, a lip at the front of said base under which the front end ofa foot of a reel is securable, a vertical wall at the rear of said baseterminating in a rearwardly disposed cylindrical portion, said verticalwall containing a centrally threaded aperture, an inner body having athreaded front end, a hand grip disposed about said inner body with thefront end of said hand grip having a cylindrical configurationsubstantially the same as said cylindrical portion of said verticalwall, and a tubular shield longitudinally slidably mounted on thecylindrical front of said hand grip to shroud any clearance between thefront of said hand grip and said rear wall, whereby rotation of saidhand grip turns said threaded front end through said threaded apertureto extend over and secure the rear end of said reel foot.
 2. Thecombination according to claim 1 wherein said threaded front end of saidinner body terminates in a conical portion which engages said rear endof said reel foot.
 3. The combination according to claim 1 wherein saidcylindrical portion of said vertical wall contains an annular groove andwith the addition of a tubular shield having an inturned front edgeseated within said annular groove securing said shield to said verticalwall with said hand grip extending within said shield.
 4. Thecombination according to claim 1 wherein said rearwardly extending basehas sides extending upwardly therefrom to receive therebetween a reelfoot resting on said base.
 5. A combination according to claim 4 whereinsaid threaded front end of said inner body terminates in a conicalportion which engages said rear end of said reel foot.
 6. Thecombination according to claim 4 wherein said threaded front end of saidinner body terminates in a conical portion which engages said rear endof said reel foot.
 7. The combination according to claim 4 wherein saidcylindrical portion of said vertical wall contains an annular groove andwith the addition of a tubular shield having an inturned front edgeseated within said annular groove securing said shield to said verticalwall with said hand grip extending within said shield.